Fly (for Aunt Carmen
Album: Love Songs Vol. 2
By: David Salinas
By: David Salinas
Duration
5:36
Description
I dreamed a song one night. It was beautiful. I wrote what I could, but left it unfinished. My aunt passed about a year later and, while at the funeral, I was asked by the family to sing. As I prayed about what to sing, that unfinished song came to my heart. I said, "Lord, that song isn't finished!" He said, "That's the song I want you to sing." I nervously got up to sing and finished the song as I sang it! There were not many dry eyes that day, for it perfectly described the type of woman my...
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Fly (for Aunt Carmen) ---V. 1 It was the way of her… Making sure there’s breakfast on the table Ironing his clothes as she was able The perfect picture of a wife It was the way of her… Waiting by the door when they got home from school No matter what the problem she always knew just what to do You see, her children were her life ---Br. 1 But the tears filled her eyes as she began to realize The doctor said this could be her last night Who would care for the ones that stood by her bedside But they whispered- darling- we’ll be alright ---Cho. So fly- fly far away Heaven is the only place that you need to be today Don’t cry- we’ll be OK Right now there is someone who Seems to be calling you Who needs you more than we do… so fly ---V. 2 It was the way of her… She never took a single soul for granted She always gave to those who didn’t have it And every stranger was her friend It was the way of her… Her friends all knew exactly who to call on When they needed a shoulder they could lean on She was faithful to the end ---(to Cho.) ---Br. Hear the church bells ring Hear the angels sing As they carried her on their wings
